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<p>eventually gaining control. For many years they were governed indirectly through <a href="page.php?w=Bermuda">Bermuda</a>, the Bahamas, and <a href="page.php?w=Jamaica">Jamaica</a>. When the Bahamas gained independence in 1973, the islands received their <a href="page.php?w=Governor_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands">own governor</a>, and have remained an autonomous territory since.</p>

<p><big>Etymology</big></p>
<p>The name Caico[s] is from the <a href="page.php?w=Lucayan_language">Lucayan</a> <i>caya hico</i>, meaning 'string of islands'. The Turks</p><p>
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